Retail Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Retailing
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Retail in contract job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Retail over the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 32 51
Rank change year-on-year -1 +19 -11
Contract jobs citing Retail 40 25 10
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 4.51% 4.20% 1.39%
As % of the General category 7.49% 6.56% 2.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 25 8
10th Percentile £390 £220 £251
25th Percentile £413 £444 £278
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £500 £350
Median % change year-on-year -8.75% +42.86% -17.65%
75th Percentile £518 £550 £400
90th Percentile £656 - £454
England median daily rate £517 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.62% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.17 - -
Median hourly rate £20.74 - -
75th Percentile £25.15 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £16.34 £32.50 £19.81
% change year-on-year -49.74% +64.06% -

All General Skills
East Midlands

Retail falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 534 381 350
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 60.20% 64.03% 48.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 237 250
10th Percentile £191 £241 £160
25th Percentile £353 £313 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £436 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.56% -3.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £525 £534 £550
90th Percentile £617 £645 £665
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 18 27
10th Percentile £15.58 £14.97 £13.35
25th Percentile £16.17 £17.00 £15.96
Median hourly rate £22.27 £17.66 £25.18
Median % change year-on-year +26.08% -29.86% +57.67%
75th Percentile £25.15 £30.15 £51.50
90th Percentile £26.35 £44.28 £56.90
England median hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £34.50
% change year-on-year -21.67% -13.04% +34.19%

Retail
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Retail relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Retail job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Retail
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Retail.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Retail

Retail
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Retail in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Retail in the East Midlands

Retail
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Retail.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Retail

Retail
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Retail within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 24 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Nottinghamshire -3 23 £495 -1.00% 31
Leicestershire -4 8 £425 +112.50% 22
Northamptonshire -9 3 £380 +21.79% 16
Derbyshire -1 2 £481 +5.77% 8
Retail
England

Retail
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.50%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.50%) Chatbot
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (5.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.50%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (2.50%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (2.50%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (2.50%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 5 (12.50%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
2 4 (10.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 3 (7.50%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.50%) Algolia
4 1 (2.50%) Amplience
4 1 (2.50%) SaaS
4 1 (2.50%) Salesforce Einstein
4 1 (2.50%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.50%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.50%) Power BI
2 1 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.50%) Power Query
2 1 (2.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Postman
1 1 (2.50%) SoapUI
General
1 22 (55.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.00%) Marketing
2 6 (15.00%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (7.50%) Finance
5 3 (7.50%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.50%) Banking
6 1 (2.50%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (2.50%) Investment Banking
6 1 (2.50%) Publishing
6 1 (2.50%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (27.50%) Analyst
2 7 (17.50%) Service Manager
3 5 (12.50%) Business Analyst
3 5 (12.50%) Help Desk Analyst
3 5 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 5 (12.50%) Technical Engineer
3 5 (12.50%) Technical Support
3 5 (12.50%) Technical Support Engineer
3 5 (12.50%) Windows Engineer
3 5 (12.50%) Windows Support Engineer
4 4 (10.00%) Salesforce Analyst
4 4 (10.00%) Salesforce Business Analyst
4 4 (10.00%) Salesforce Trainer
4 4 (10.00%) Trainer
5 3 (7.50%) Architect
5 3 (7.50%) Senior
5 3 (7.50%) Senior Manager
5 3 (7.50%) Senior Service Assurance Manager
5 3 (7.50%) Senior Service Manager
5 3 (7.50%) Service Assurance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.00%) VML
2 2 (5.00%) BAPI
2 2 (5.00%) IDoc
2 2 (5.00%) SAP PI
2 2 (5.00%) Web Services
3 1 (2.50%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.50%) Product Ownership
2 4 (10.00%) e-Learning
2 4 (10.00%) Learning Management System
3 3 (7.50%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.50%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.50%) EPoS
4 1 (2.50%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.50%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (27.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (47.50%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 8 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (17.50%) Agile
4 7 (17.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (15.00%) Acceptance Criteria
5 6 (15.00%) E-Commerce
5 6 (15.00%) Logistics
5 6 (15.00%) Scrum
6 5 (12.50%) Business Analysis
6 5 (12.50%) Commercial Awareness
6 5 (12.50%) Line Management
6 5 (12.50%) Service Delivery
6 5 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (12.50%) User Stories
7 4 (10.00%) Analytics
7 4 (10.00%) Business Process Mapping
7 4 (10.00%) Coaching
7 4 (10.00%) Mentoring
7 4 (10.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.00%) ABAP
1 2 (5.00%) Python
1 2 (5.00%) SQL
2 1 (2.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (2.50%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.50%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (10.00%) CSPO
2 3 (7.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.00%) Data Quality
1 2 (5.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.50%) HP
2 5 (12.50%) Salesforce
3 4 (10.00%) Google
4 3 (7.50%) SAP
5 1 (2.50%) Databricks
5 1 (2.50%) MuleSoft
5 1 (2.50%) Oracle
5 1 (2.50%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 1 (2.50%) Sophos